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Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

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DISPLAY RACK CANOPY.

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1,349,255. Pat nt d Aug. 10, 1920.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BART, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-RACK CANOPY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Application filed February 18, 1920. Serial No. 359,717,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BART, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Rack Canopies, of which the following 1s a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to apparatus for displaying clothing or wearing apparel of various kinds and classes, such as suits, coats, dresses, skirts and the like, and the object of the invention is to provide an inclosure or apparatus of the class specified which is composed of fireproof material; a further object of the invention being to pro vide means for moving said inclosure into two different positions; a further object being to provide means whereby the inclosures of a plurality of displaying apparatus mounted in juxtaposition may be moved into operative or inoperative positions at one time, or in a single operation; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in an apparatus of the class and for the purpose specified, constructed and operating as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the framework of two of my improved display apparatus and omitting the inclosures therefor;

Fig; 2 a sectional view on the line 2-- 2 of Fig. 1 and indicating the inclosures mounted on the framework of the apparatus Fig. 3 a view looking in the direction of the arrow 3 of Fig. 1 with part of the construction shown in section;

Fig. 4 a partial section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 and on an enlarged scale, and with part of the construction broken away;

Fig. 5 a perspective view of one of the display apparatus shown in Fig. 1 and on a reduced scale; and,

Fig. 6 a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing only one end portion of the apparatus and with parts in a diiferent position.

In the practice of my invention I provide a display rack 19, any number of which may be employed and two of which are shown in the accompanying drawing, said rack consists of standards 11 at the front and back of the apparatus, said standards being connected at the top by transverse members 12, one of which is shown in Fig. 2, and longitudinal members 13 shown in Figs. 1 and 3. at the opposite sides of the standards 11 as shown at 14, and are provided with castings 15 in which are mounted pulleys 16, and the castings 15 at the back of the apparatus extend backwardly as shown at 17 and the shaft 18 is passed through said ex tensions and through the pulleys 16 and to which said pulleys are secured.

The shaft 18 may be of any desired length and may pass through the casings 15 of any number of apparatus, or frameworks 10 and, in the construction shown, in Figs. 1 and 2, said shaft passes through the cast ings 15 of two apparatus. Secured to the shaft 18 between the separate frameworks or apparatus 10 is a toothed wheel or sprocket 19 over which a chain 20 passes, and said chain extends downwardly as shown at 21 to a predetermined distance above the floor or surface upon which the apparatus are mounted to permit of the manipulation of said chain to rotate the shaft 18.

The front and rear end portions of the apparatus are provided with upwardly directed V-shaped extensions 22, which are connected with the castings 15 and are provided centrally of the top with couplings 23. A. tubular rectangular tubing 24 is connected with the couplings 23 and extends longitudinally of the apparatus, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, said tubing being provided in the top face thereof with a longitudinal aperture 25 which extends approximately the full length thereof.

I also employ a plurality of V-sha'ped frame members 26, three of which are employed in the construction of each of the apparatus 10. The free ends of said members are looped as shown at 27, and the central portions thereof are provided with downwardly directed studs 28 having reduced necks 29, and said studs are adapted to pass into the tubing 24 and operate in the aperture 25 thereof. The front and back pulleys 16 at the opposite sides of the apparatus are connected by endless ropes, cables or the like 30 and 31, and to the top mem- The transverse members 12 extend and hers 32 of each of said ropes, cables or the like pass through the looped end portions 27 of the frame members 26, and the innermost frame member secured to the top members 32 of the ropes or cables 3U-31 as shown at 33.

It will be apparent that the pulleys 1.6 at the back of the apparatus 10, and which are secured to the shaft 16 will be ol such construction as to firmly grip the endless ropes, cables or the like 3U3l, and cause the top member 32 thereof to move forwardly and backwardly in the apparatus 10 when the shaft 13 is rotated by means of the chain 20, and this operation will correspondingly move the innermost frame member 26 forwardly and backwardly over the apparatus.

I also employ an inclosure for the apparatus 10, or the framework thereof, which consists of a sheet 3'-l of comparatively light material, preferably lire-proof material, and this inclosure when in its operative position extends over the top of the apparatus as shown at 35 in Fig. 5 and downwardly at the opposite sides thereof as shown at 36, and the top part 35 of said sheet, or the rear edge portion thereof, is secured to the innermost frame 26 in any desired manner so that the movement of said frame member will correspondingly move the sheet over the apparatus. The other frame members 26 are also secured to the top portion 35 of the sheet 34 when the sheet is in its operative position as shown in Figs. 3 and l, so that when the inclosure sheet is in its inoperative position, as indicated in Fig. 6, all of the frame members 26 will be in their iorward position and the sheet folded backwardly at the front of the apparatus in the manner illustrated at 3? in Fig. 6.

The sheet 3 f also extends downwardly over the front of the apparatus as shown at and is divided centrally as shown at 39 so that the front portion 38 thereof may be draped in the manner shown in Fig. 6 when the apparatus is in use for exhibiting or display purposes.

It will also be apparent that I may close the rear end of the apparatus, if desired, by a sheet composed of the same material as that of the inclosure, but I preferably leave the rear end of the apparatus open and for this reason have not shown an inclosure therefor.

It will be apparent on a consideration of Fig. 3 of the drawing that the longitudinal members 13 serve as the supporting rails for the clothing on display and in said figure I have indicated at 40 two coats or suits suspended from said member by means of the usual han ers or other garment supportingdevices. he hook members 41 of which pass over the members of the rails 13.

From the foregoing description the method of operating and manipulating the inclosures for the separate display apparatus will be readily understood when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the following statement.

When the apparatus is incloscd by the sheet 31 as shown in Figs. 3, 4. and 5; if it be desired to move said shcct into its inoperative position, as shown in Fig. (i, the chain 20 is grasped by an operator and manipulated to rotate the shaft ltlso as to move the frame members 26 outwardly over the framework of the apparatus, which result is accomplished by the outward movement of the top members 32 of the endless ropes or cables 30-31 on the separate apparatus. In this operation the innermost frame member 26 will first move backwardly until it strikes the next adjacent member and so on until all of said members on each apparatus and the inclosure sheet 34 have been moved forwardly into a position similar to that illustrated in Fig. 6. When it is desired to again move the inclosuro sheet 34 on each of the apparatus backwardly into the position shown in Figs. 3, 4: and 5, the shaft 18 is rotated by means of the chain 20 in the opposite direction to move the top members 32 of the ropes or cables 3031 backwardly, in which operation the innermost frame member 26 will first move backwardly, after which the next adjacent frame member will be moved backwardly when the inclosure sheet 34: between said frame members has been drawn taut, and this operation will continue until the parts assume the position illustrated in said figures.

I am well aware that the broad idea of inclosures for display racks, cabinets or like apparatus is not new, but the distinctive features of this invention are the specific form of framework or apparatus employed and the means herein shown and described for manipulating the inclosurcs by a plurality of such apparatus in a single operation, and it will be apparent that while I have shown only two of the apparatus, any number of such apparatus may be employed and operated by means of the shaft 18 and the chain and sprocket wheel construction thereon. It will also be understood that while I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my invention into effect that I am not necessarily limited to these details, and various changes therein and modifications thereof may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An apparatus of the class described comprising a framework consisting of a plurality of standards connected by transverse and longitudinal members, the transverse members extendingat the opposite sides of the framework and beyond said longitudinal members, means on the extensions of said transverse members for supporting other members which extend longitudinally of the framework, upwardly directcd V-shaped extensions connected with i said last named means, a longitudinal tubular member connected with the top portions of said extensions, said tubular member being provided with a longitudinal aperture, and a plurality of V-shaped frame members mounted to move longitudinally of the framework and said tubular member and provided with devices which operate in said member and the aperture thereof.

2. 'An apparatus of the class described comprising a framework consisting of a plurality of standards connected by transverse and longitudinal members, devices secured to the opposite sides of the transverse members, endless members mounted on the front and back devices at each side of the framework, a shaft passed through the devices at one end portion of the framework and to which said devices are secured, means for rotating said shaft to move said endless members forwardly and backwardly in said framework, and an inclosure for said framework secured to and movable with said endless members whereby the rotation of said shaft will move said covering forwardly and backwardly over said framework.

An apparatus of the class described comprising a framework consisting of a plurality of standards connected by transverse and longitudinal members, devices secured to the opposite sides of the transverse members, endless members mounted in the front and back devices at each side of the framework, a shaft passed through the device at one end portion of the framework and to which said devices are secured, means for rotating said shaft to move said endless members forwardly and backwardly in said framework, the front and back portions of the framework being provided with upwardly directed V-shaped extension members connected by a longitudinal and apertured tubing, and a plurality of Vshaped frames movably mounted in connection with said tubing and adapted to be moved forwardly and backwardly thereover and over the framework.

4. A garment display apparatus of the class described comprising a plurality of similarly formed frames mounted in juxtaposition, each of said frames consisting of a plurality of standards connected by transverse and longitudinal members, a shaft mounted in connection with said frames, means for rotating said shaft, each of said frames being provided with an inclosure, and means on said frames and connected with said inclosures and in operative connection with said shaft whereby the rotation of said shaft will move said inclosures forwardly and backwardly over said frames.

5. An apparatus of the class described comprising a framework consisting of end frame members connected by longitudinal frame members, pulley devices mounted at the opposite sides of said end frame mem bers, endless members extending longitudinally of the frame work and connected with said pulley devices, supplemental frame members mounted to move longitudinally of the framework and in operative connection with said endless members, and a flexible inclosure secured to and adapted to be operated by said supplemental frame members.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 35 29th day of January, 1920.

CHARLES BART.

\Vitnesses C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON. 

